Rymarz Zdort Maruta has advised PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna on the implementation of the Baltica 2 investment project involving the construction of an offshore wind farm in a joint venture with Orsted Group. Hengeler Mueller and SK&S advised Orsted.
The planned capacity of Baltica 2 is approximately 1.5 gigawatts.
Denmark-based Orsted operates in the offshore wind market.
According to Rymarz Zdort Maruta, the Baltica 2 Baltica 2 offshore wind farm is scheduled for commissioning in 2027 with the total budget "estimated at around PLN 30 billion. The purpose of forming the JV was to implement an offshore program to build an offshore wind farm with a total capacity of about 2.5 gigawatts by 2030, to be implemented in two stages. Phase I – Baltica Wind Power Plant-3 with a capacity of about 1 gigawatt and Phase II – Baltica Wind Power Plant-2 with a capacity of about 1.5 gigawatt."
In 2024, PGE and Orsted executed a lease agreement for the Gdansk T5 terminal (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on October 11, 2024). The Baltica 2 cable line connection development also began in 2024 (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on January 25, 2024).
The Rymarz Zdort Maruta team included Partners Marek Durski, Marek Maciag, Jakub Krzemien, Iwona Her, and Marcin Serafin, Counsel Lukasz Lech, Senior Associates Adrian Augustyniak, Andrzej Granat, Klaudia Kasztelewicz, and Tomasz Bakowski, and Associates Barbara Gawin, Weronika Iskierska, Maksymilian Kaszubowski, and Sebastian Stepinski.
The Hengeler Mueller team included lawyers in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Duesseldorf.
The SK&S team included Partners Krzysztof Cichocki and Tomasz Mlodawski and Senior Counsel Witold Kurek.
